[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   WELCOMING MONSIGNOR CRAIG HARRISON

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentleman from California (Mr. 
McCarthy) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. McCARTHY of California. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to welcome 
Monsignor Craig Harrison from Bakersfield, California, and appreciate 
that he was able to be here today to open up our floor session with the 
invocation. It is great to have a fellow Bakersfield High School 
Driller here on the floor with me.
  Since he returned to Bakersfield in 1999 to be the pastor of his 
hometown parish, Monsignor Craig has had a profound, positive impact on 
the lives of the thousands in our community. The fact that the number 
of families in his parish has increased by over 5,000 and enrollment in 
the parish school has doubled is a testament to his leadership in our 
community.
  He is more than just a faith leader. He is an author of a children's 
book, he is a faith leader to many of us throughout the community, and, 
on a personal note, he was a faith leader to my father as he battled 
his fight with cancer.
  Monsignor Craig is a true friend to the Bakersfield community, and I 
appreciate that he was able to share his words of wisdom on the House 
floor.

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